Recent comments in /f/worldnews

Accomplished_Fly882 t1_ja0rhrv wrote

Reply to comment by TheKnightsTippler in Earthquake felt in South Wales as midnight tremor makes houses and walls shake by WhoIsJolyonWest

I slept through it! In a very, very technical sense south Wales is relatively geologically active compared to the rest of the UK, but we never get quakes over about 5.5, and they are still pretty damn rare, like 70 between 1720 and now! This was was 3.7 I think, so pretty mild all things considered.

3

ktchong t1_ja0r9p5 wrote

Reply to German leader seeks Indian support for Russia's isolation by Falls_stuff

What has Germany (or France) done for India in the past?

India has had close and strong diplomatic, economic, military and political ties with Russia (and its predecessor the Soviet Union) for EIGHTY YEARS. They are like old buddies.

Germany and France or just most any European country, which have never really had any sort of close relations with India, now wants India to turns its back on an old buddy for something that happens between Russia and Europe, i.e., none of India's business.

Another sign of the lack of self-awareness of the West: America and Europe - which have themselves committed illegal invasions, occupations and war crimes, and committed them far more frequently and far longer - are not exactly in the moral position to lecture to others about illegal invasions and war crimes. Yet America and Europe love to lecture to India (or China) about Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine but refuse to talk about their own illegal invasions and wars. That just reeks of self-serving hypocrisy.

Anyway, back to the to point:

What exactly has Germany done for India that warrants India throwing away eight years of close and warm buddy relations with Russia? France, which also has never had a close relations with India, is also asking India for the same favor. Germany or France is not exactly on that level of relations with India. Is it the lack of self-awareness or just the stereotypical European arrogance and habit of ordering other (brown and color) people to do this and do that?

21

A_Soporific t1_ja0r34n wrote

Reply to comment by NPCwithnopurpose in Poland has delivered tanks to Ukraine, government announces on war's first anniversary. by Rifletree

That's dark, considering the history.

The Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth traditionally included western Ukraine with Lviv being a center of both Polish and Ukrainian identity for centuries and a major source of violence between the World Wars. But it was the Polish who ruled and the Ukrainians who were serfs. And when the Russians displaced the Polish nobility it led to a long period of violence.

It's good to see Poland and Ukraine finally getting along. The peoples had a frenemy thing going on for a long time. But it would have been quite toxic if they were a couple until recently.

5